Pete Doherty jokes that he'll get 'good looking birds' to perform as The Lib-bunnies at Hyde Park

Pete Doherty has joked that he'll get "good looking birds" to perform as a Libertines tribute act called The Lib-bunnies at the band's Hyde Park show later today (July 5).

Speaking to NME, Doherty - with tongue firmly in cheek - discussed his guestlist woes ahead of tonight's gig. "They're being so tight with the guestlist!" he commented. "So what I'm thinking of doing to help all the good looking birds I know get in – the ones I can't justify putting on the guestlist, mainly because my girlfriend is looking after it - is maybe getting them to dress up in red jackets and fishnets to form some sort of Libertines tribute act. The Lib-bunnies, we'll call them! Then if that happens maybe we can have them cavorting around onstage a bit during the drum break in 'The Good Old Days'. I'm trying to get it together but we haven't got long!"

Doherty added that he's not nervous about the gig. "Not really - which isn't like me. I'm normally all over the place," he stated. Carl Barat however said "the pressure is on". "I was a little bit in disbelief [at how many tickets the band have shifted]. I mean, it's sold out pretty much. It makes me happy but it also means the pressure is on," he told NME.

Make sure you pick up next week's issue of NME, out July 9 on newsstands and available digitally, for an exclusive interview with The Libertines talking about what the future holds for the band, plus the definitive verdict on their comeback shows.

After Hyde Park, The Libertines headline Benicassim festival on July 19, before going on their first tour of mainland Europe since 2004 in September.